The Path to Cinema
Movies weren’t the world’s first form of visual entertainment. The cinematic experience we know today evolved from a long tradition of optical illusions and devices of wonder. Over centuries, storytellers and inventors experimented with visual effects, light, projection, and motion to bring still images to life. Discover a collection of items that recall our path to cinema.
About the Exhibit:
Path to Cinema: Highlights from the Richard Balzer Collection will explore how the cinematic experience we know today evolved from a long tradition of optical amusements and devices of wonder: from shadow play, peepshows, magic lanterns, zoetropes and praxinoscopes to the Cinématographe Lumière, the world’s first successful film projector.
HEMISFERIUM MINI PRAXINOSCOPE
The praxinoscope was an animation device, the successor to the zoetrope. Like the zoetrope, it used a strip of pictures placed around the inner surface of a spinning cylinder. The praxinoscope improved on the zoetrope by replacing its narrow viewing...
$54.00
HEMISFERIUM MINI ZOETROPE
Mini Zoetrope Height: 7.48” Diameter: 5.59” Include 20 animated strips
Imported from Spain
$54.00
GOLD PRAXINOSCOPE
Praxinoscope is a beautiful reproduction of the incredible invention of Frenchman Emile ReynaudHow does the Praxinoscope work? Quite simply:It transforms static images into a moving sequence, thanks to retinal persistence. A circular drum is rotated, the mirrors in the centre...
$93.00
MARILYN MONROE SEVEN YEAR ITCH FLIPBOOK
Fliptomania Marilyn Monroe Flipbook This Marilyn Monroe book shows one of the most famous scenes in American film history. Watch Marilyn Monroe cool off by standing over a New York subway vent. Ooh-la-la! Check out the 4-second video to see...
$5.00
CHARLIE CHAPLIN FLIPOSCOPE CLASSIC
Hand Cranked Movie Machine featuring Charlie Chaplin. Fliposcope If you want to make your own flip-scene, make sure to get a Blank Card Kit or select that option.(Crafters who just plan to build it, may want to select the "Fliposcope...
$39.95
METROPOLIS FLIPOSCOPE CLASSIC
Hand Cranked Movie Machine featuring the film Metropolis. Fliposcope If you want to make your own flip-scene, make sure to get a Blank Card Kit or select that option.(Crafters who just plan to build it, may want to select the...
$39.95
MOLECULARIS
Molecularis Coloring Flip Book by FlipbokuYou are into coloring but don't want to use the usual flat paper? Then Molecularis is a great fit. First, color each page of the flip book with your favorite coloring technique and then flip...
$18.00
12 PRINCIPLES OF ANIMATION
The 12 Basic Principles Of Animation by FlipbokuThis double flip book edition is a handy but powerful tool for fans, beginners, students, teachers and professionals of the animation world, to learn and master the illusion of motion and physics in...
$38.40
ALICE GUY-BLACHE FLIPBOKU
Alice Guy-Blaché FlipbookTHE MOTHER OF CINEMAAlice Guy-Blaché (1873 – 1968) was a pioneer French filmmaker and the first motion picture director to make a narrative fiction film, active from the late 19th century. Neglected by film historians for years, she...
$18.00
GEORGE MELIES FLIPBOKU
Georges Méliès FlipbookTHE MAGICIAN OF CINEMAGeorges Méliès (1861 – 1938) was a French illusionist, actor and film director who pioneered many technical and narrative developments, and became one of the most influential filmmakers in the early history of cinema.Méliès was...
$18.00
EMILE COHL FLIPBOKU
Émile Cohl FlipbookTHE FATHER OF THE ANIMATED CARTOONÉmile Cohl (1857 – 1938) was a French caricaturist of the largely forgotten Incoherent Movement, cartoonist, director and animator, known as the “Father of the Animated Cartoon".Cohl’s short film Fantasmagorie (1908) is considered...
$18.00
THE LUMIERE BROTHERS FLIPBOKU
The Lumière Brothers FlipbookTHE FATHERS OF CINEMATOGRAPHYAuguste Lumière (1862 – 1954) and Louis Lumière (1864 – 1948), were among the earliest manufacturers of photography equipment, best known for their Cinématographe motion picture system and the short films they produced between...
$18.00
THE WIZARD OF OZ FLIPBOOK
The Wizard of Oz Full color flipbook glossy print. They don’t get more classic than this! The famous foursome — Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man and Cowardly Lion — skip arm in arm out of the poppy field and down the...
$5.00
MUYBRIDGE CAT FLIPBOOK
This flipbook of Eadweard Muybridge's Cat Running is rather amazing. As you view the images you might be reminded of your cat, but the photos were shot over 120 years ago! A classic piece of photography history. Full color flipbook, glossy, 2"...
$5.00
NORTH BY NORTHWEST FLIPBOOK
You know it could only be one scene: A dashing (and we mean dashing!) Cary Grant sprints through a corn field as a mysterious crop duster swoops down and sprays machine gun fire at our hero.Full color flipbook, glossy, 2"...
$5.00
CHARLIE CHAPLIN FLIPBOOK: THE CIRCUS
Charlie Chaplin's legendary character The LIttle Tramp always found a way to have a jaunty-jolly hop in his step as he strolled into the sunset. This scene is from one of his most entertaining films, "The Circus" made in 1928. Sir Charles...
$5.00
CHARLIE CHAPLIN CARD SET
Charlie Chaplin animation of the iconic actor performing one of the most memorable moments in film history: the dinner roll dance, or table ballet, from the silent comedy classic The Gold Rush (1925). Pre-printed Chaplin card deck (24 cards). 24 FlipBookit cards, pre-printed...
$24.95
CHARLIE CHAPLIN FLIPBOOK, VOLUME 2, DINNER ROLL DANCE
CHARLIE CHAPLIN FLIPBOOK, VOLUME 2, DINNER ROLL DANCE Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. KBE (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film....
$5.00
NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS OST (ZOETROPE PICTURE DISC)
The Nightmare Before Christmas (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Zoetrope Picture Disc 2 LP]by Various Artists | Sep 29, 2023 FEATURES:Double LPZoetrope Picture DiscDanny Elfman The Nightmare Before Christmas (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Track ListingsDisc: 11 Overture - (The Nightmare Before Christmas)2...
$35.00
GALLOPING HORSE FLIPOSCOPE CLASSIC
Fliposcope - Galloping Horse Hand-cranked movie machine with the historic “Galloping Horse” Edweard Muybridge motion study that has become an animation icon. Includes all movie machine parts and printed card deck.
$35.95
